Where does “pleier” come from?

pleier (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -er, from Danish -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pleier (Norwegian Bokmål): nurse, carer; present of pleie

Definitions

  1. nurse, carer; present of pleie

Ancestry of “pleier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-erperson or thing that does an action indicated by...
2Danish-erForms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “pleier

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Danish -er
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